aIRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; bDepartment of Computer Science & Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina; cDepartment of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK; dDepartment of Informatics, Kings College London, London, UK; eDepartment of Information and Computing Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; f Faculty o...

The changes in Swedish education following the Bologna requirements resulted in the first Master’s programmes in Library and Information Science. Two of them target information professionals working with digital resources and services and seeking to develop and update their knowledge. One programme is oriented to foreign students from all over the world, another to Swedish students. A Venn diag...

bCollege of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China; cCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; dDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa; eSchool of Communication Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Techno...

Introduction. Critical appraisal is a crucial aspect of evidence-based practice. In order to determine whether research is valid, reliable and applicable, the evidence-based practice process advocates that published research be critically appraised. Between 2006 and 2008, the journal Evidence Based Library and Information Practice published 101 evidence summaries, critically appraising research...

This paper provides a brief review of writings and thoughts on future directions of the profession as well as education for library science from educators and professionals in Australia. Education for library and information science in Australia is relatively young (less than fifty years old) (G.S. Wagner, Education for Information 15 (1997), 171–177.) and hopefully more pliable and less resist...

Introduction. This study aims to gain a greater understanding of the development of open access practices amongst library and information science authors, since their role is integral to the success of the broader open access movement. Method. Data were collected from scholarly articles about open access by library and information science authors from 2003 until 2011 found in the Library and In...